Serre Chevalier

Serre Chevalier in The Telegraph

January 10, 2012

It was nice to see Serre Chevalier mentioned in The Telegraph last Friday. In an article about Skiing and Snowboarding in France, it said: ‘The ski season is upon us and skiers and boarders will be itching to get out there on the slopes, but unless you’re familiar with the French ski areas it can [...]

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Best day yet

January 9, 2012

January is probably my favourite month to ski in Serre Chevalier. It’s a little bit colder and there is no one here. The school holidays are over and yet to happen and the people who own places here as secondary homes generally save their visits till after the end of the next lot of holidays, [...]

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Aussie, Aussie, Aussie

January 9, 2012

Don’t know about you but I trust Australians to genuinely tell it how it is. Salt of the Earth comes to mind, simple – in an honest way – fair-dinkum kind of blokes. You know what you’re getting, so it seems. In support of this belief I present a video of Professor Ian Pilmer talking [...]

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10 Bedroom Chalet Apartment, save £300

January 8, 2012

Jo at Mountain High emailed me yesterday about her gorgeous ‘chalet’ style apartment in the center of Chantemerle, she needs to fill up the remaining weeks, so…for the week commencing the 14th January 2012 it’s reduced from £1200 to £900. Plus there is now a 10% discount on all other available weeks for the rest [...]

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UK On The Rise

January 8, 2012

Although the UK is not quite a household name in the snowboarding world, the nation is starting to emerge as a factory for churning out young talent. The world’s action sports media doesn’t often report much on UK-based snowboarders, and seems to regard the UK as existing far out on the sport’s periphery. However, this [...]

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Saturday what a day

January 7, 2012

Yeah, what a day. I’d forgotten how empty the pistes are on Saturday – the traditional change over day for Serre Chevalier and the winter sports world in general. Very nice snow, Sun out, bit of cloud and some wind – meaning L’Yret is closed. It’s not called Col du Vent for nothing. The patches [...]

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Fit to pop

January 7, 2012

Do you like a fizzy drink? Do you, eh? Sitting down in the middle of beautiful skiing day, the sun, the snow, the Serre Chevalier experience, as it’s known. Glugging back some form of sweetened, effervescent beverage, sounds like bliss – but is it as innocent as it first appears? Well, according to the American [...]

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Hire a GoPro Camera in Serre Chevalier

January 6, 2012

I did a post a little while ago called Buy a GoPro HD Hero in the UK which was all about these amazing video cameras that are designed for the purpose of videoing from the individuals point of view. Now my friend Jason has set up a service in Serre Chevalier to hire out GoPro [...]

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Save £100 on apartments in January & March

January 5, 2012

Résidence le Jardin Alpin Special offer: Save £100 from 07 Jan, 14 Jan, 28 Jan & 17 Mar. A spacious and airy first floor apartment in Villeneuve village located close to the Pontillas lift with a south facing balcony and a short walk to the local shops and restaurants. The apartment sleeps 6 – 8 [...]

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Chop and change

January 5, 2012

It’s one day lovely, one day fantastic, one day not so fantastic. We’ve had two days fantastic and this morning is quite foggy with tiny flakes of snow being blown through the village of Monetier, or Serre Che 1500. The wind in Serre Chevalier seems to be up to it’s old tricks, we have a [...]

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